Chapter 54 New Dungeon: Twin Towers
"Cough! It seems to be a standard washing machine and dryer!" Hagiwara checked the washing machine and dryer in the laundry room and found that they were no different from those in reality.
Thinking about why he embarrassed himself in front of the woman he liked today, he couldn't wait to say, "Since we have some time this morning, let's give it a try!"
Get back to a clean and refreshed state quickly, otherwise even if you shower and your body is clean, your clothes will smell bad, and you'll smell bad too! He was actually being intimate with Feng-chan while he was smelling bad. o(╥﹏╥)o
Feng Xingshou was a little surprised: "Wash now? Aren't we driving this morning?"
"Tsk!" Matsuda clicked his tongue at his childhood friend's behavior of being particularly concerned about his image in front of the junior schoolgirl, but he didn't want to make things awkward for her if she didn't hear his reply.
The reply was still somewhat speechless: "There's no way to open it. You saw that this morning's treasure chest is still a silver treasure chest, just like last time. It's hard to tell whether this time point is before or after yesterday's dungeon."
"Oh! It seems we can only figure it out by entering today's instance!" Fengxing Shouzheng said. Just then, he saw Hagiwara start to unbutton his shirt. Thinking about what Hagiwara had just done to him, he couldn't help but feel his cheeks burning.
Then, remembering what he had just said, she hurriedly took out cleaning agents, laundry detergent, and other laundry supplies from her backpack and put them on the shelf: "You guys wash first, I'll go see if I can make the single bed and tidy up that little bedroom."
Waaah... ┭┮﹏┭┮, she also wanted to quickly wash her clothes and change!
"Hagi! Be careful you don't really make your junior angry one day, you're so cunning." Matsuda looked at his childhood friend with his crescent-shaped eyes, indicating that he had seen through Hagiwara's little scheme!
The rather shameless police officer, Sang, didn't seem to care. As he took off his shirt and threw it into the washing machine, he joked, "So you're 26 and still single!"
"Hey..." These childhood friends are still bickering!
Only after Feng Jiang, who was injured, finished washing and drying their bucket of clothes did she, wrapped in a blanket, have to do her own laundry...
So the three of them took turns washing clothes, 'decorating' the small bedroom, and even had brunch. Seeing that there was still some time before the dungeon opened, they organized the materials they had exchanged with Wind Star Guardian and put them in the storage box.
It was around 11:50 a.m. when they finally finished dressing neatly in clean clothes and shoes and waited for a few minutes until noon.
The three of them easily entered the instance with the help of the Wind Star Guardian. After entering the instance, Matsuda immediately turned on his phone, which he had turned off on the Survival Highway to save power, and observed his surroundings while waiting for it to turn on.
They appeared to be in a very spacious, dimly lit hall. In the center of the hall, a bright red sports car was placed on a platform. In front of the sports car, there was a stage-like area where something was happening, and many people were gathered around it...
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At that moment, Matsuda's phone also turned on. He glanced at the time on his phone. Because there were quite a few people around, even though their attention wasn't on them, he still lowered his voice and said, "Hagi! Kaze-chan, the time is February 11, 2015!"
"So, we're heading in the future from yesterday's instance timeline. To get you back, we need to head back." Hagiwara finished speaking and gave Matsuda a smug smile: "As expected, heading back is the right direction. Did I guess right?"
"Heh..." Matsuda responded with a chuckle.
Feng Xing Shouze stared at the magnificent hall with shining eyes, noticing the bright red sports car and the various fruit platters on the table.
Drinks and beverages, she couldn't help but whisper excitedly in Hagiwara's ear, "Second-year student, there's so much stuff here! Can I collect it?"
“Sure! Anyway, according to the dungeon rules, if you don’t collect them, they’ll just be destroyed when the dungeon collapses.” Hagiwara’s gaze drifted to the red Ford Mustang sports car.
A look of interest flashed in his eyes: "By the way, Feng-chan, see if that legendary red Ford convertible can be stored away. I want to try driving a real sports car on the road over there and see what kind of reaction it will cause in the game."
"Hey!" Not knowing that it was Kazeki no Mori who had first set his sights on the car, Matsuda, upon hearing Hagiwara's words, assumed that his childhood friend wanted to play with the car. He immediately glanced at him, shook the silver bracelet on his wrist, and asked, "You really want to try it?"
"Ahem! Anyway, it'll definitely be destroyed in the end!" Hagiwara said, but his face clearly showed a little guilty. He also quickly changed the subject: "Hey! Look, something seems to have happened over there? I wonder if it's related to the destruction that will happen here."
"Inspector Megure is here too?" Matsuda had been observing the crowd gathering for some time, but only just now did he realize that Inspector Megure, who had only been his superior for seven days, was also here.
Furthermore, some familiar faces and unfamiliar faces with police-like features were spotted in the crowd, leading to the immediate speculation: "It seems this is indeed a case! But Sato is here, so why isn't the squad leader?"
"Hey! I remember you said that when you went to pay your respects to me the day before the Ferris wheel incident, the squad leader received a transfer order to Inspector Megure's office in the Metropolitan Police Department. With the squad leader's abilities, he shouldn't be unable to participate in this case that seems quite big, right?" Not to mention the text messages Matsuda kept sending him before.
Hagiwara learned from his conversations with Kojinpei over the past few days about the various events, big and small, that had happened around Matsuda or were related to their relatives and friends during the four years they had been apart. Of course, this also included the fact that squad leader Date Wataru had been transferred from the prefectural police department to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Despite knowing that it was unlikely given the class president's personality, Matsuda still joked, "Could it be that the class president is busy dating his girlfriend and asked for leave?"
"It's possible. He's almost 30 this year, so he should be married to Natalie by now!" Hagiwara guessed. "Could they already have children and be at home taking care of them?"
"Pfft! Just thinking about the baby having to call his humanoid gorilla 'Dad' makes me want to laugh." Matsuda imagined the scene of the class monitor being teased by the child's father and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hagiwara was also amused: "Heh... that scene was quite funny, but we have important business to attend to now!"
"Ahem! Hagiwara, Kaze-chan, let's stick to the old rules. Kaze-chan, you go and find out the distance limit of this dungeon and locate the exit. Hagiwara and I will check how destruction will occur here." Upon hearing this, Matsuda immediately put on his fierce face, which looked like that of a mafia boss when he didn't smile.
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“Hmm!” Feng Xingshou had never met the class monitor they were talking about and didn’t know what they were laughing at. But when Matsuda finally got down to business, he immediately agreed in Hagiwara’s ear and then walked toward the edge of the spacious exhibition hall, trying to find the end of the exhibition hall’s dungeon.
She had only taken a few steps when her body changed from facing the platform surrounded by the crowd to facing it sideways. Her eyesight, which had been greatly improved by the Palm Healing Technique, seemed to see something that didn't seem to be happening in reality. She immediately turned around quickly and grabbed Hagiwara.
A panicked voice cried out in his ear, "Second-year graduate student! When I saw the scroll being opened, I thought there was a woman's silhouette struggling, scratching her neck. What should I do?"
"Where?" Upon hearing this, Hagiwara's relaxed expression immediately turned serious, drawing upon his criminal investigation knowledge learned at the police academy.
Fengjiang's description clearly depicts a murder scene where someone is being hanged, but to commit murder in such a public place? If it really happened, the murderer would be incredibly audacious.
These thoughts flashed through his mind, but he acted very quickly. Ignoring Matsuda's surprise, he hurriedly continued to say to Kazeki, "Kaze-chan, take me to the location you just saw right now."
At the same time, he also disengaged the safety of the sidearm he always carried.
Matsuda realized something from his actions, so he took out his own sidearm, released the safety, and followed Hagiwara.
At the same time, upon hearing what Hagiwara said, Kazesei immediately reached out and grasped Hagiwara and Matsuda's hands, pulling them to the spot he had just seen.
Matsuda and Hagiwara both have good eyesight. They couldn't see anything unusual about the people and the scene from their previous angle under the dim lighting. Now that they've moved to this angle...
They instantly saw, from the scene where the scroll was automatically raised to attract the crowd, a very dark area where a figure with the outline of a short-haired woman was struggling, clutching her own neck.
Furthermore, the figure was rising higher and higher, and the force of its legs pushing down was getting weaker and weaker. Based on their criminal investigation knowledge, they knew that the victim was about to die, and they didn't have time to think about it at that moment.
The scene of a fellow top student from their police academy days saving Instructor Onizuka instantly flashed into their minds. Almost simultaneously, they fired their guns and said, "Although our marksmanship isn't as accurate as Kofuruya's, we have no choice but to take the gamble."
"No problem. Instructor Onizuka was farther away back then, but we're much closer here. We're sure to hit him."
As their voices rang out, two distinct gunshots rang out, causing screams from the crowd. At the same time, the sound of a figure falling from a height of more than a meter onto the stage was also heard, turning into violent coughing a few seconds later...
While most people were still looking for cover to avoid the possibility of further gunfire, a small child ran toward the source of the coughing sound. A few seconds later, his serious, adult-like voice rang out: "Don't panic, everyone."
The gunshots just now were an emergency rescue attempt on Tokiwa-san; there was no terrorist attack or indiscriminate killing. Inspector Megure, please come quickly and check on Ms. Tokiwa; she needs to be taken to the hospital immediately.
"Conan! Why did you run over there?"
"what happened?"
"Oh no! Mio-san has been murdered."
"Such severe strangulation injuries!"
"Any later and it would have been too late."
"Tokiwa-san, can you speak?"
"Who wants to strangle you?"
"Cough cough cough..."
"Lan! Call an ambulance right away!"
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As people gathered around to witness Tokiwa Mio's horrific condition, the question of who fired the shot seemed to be forgotten. Instead, their attention was focused on the direction Tokiwa Mio was pointing, coughing violently and breathing rapidly, where three people were standing...
After firing their guns, Hagiwara and Matsuda handed the guns to Kazesei-no-Mori to keep, in order to avoid the investigation at the scene later finding that they were carrying firearms. They even asked Kazesei-no-Mori to take out some disinfectant wipes from his backpack for them.
He carefully wiped his hands after firing the gun, and then handed the used wet wipes, shirt and jacket to Feng Xing Shou to put away. This way, he could avoid the gunpowder smoke test later. As for the gunpowder smoke that had fallen on his pants?
The way they fired their guns caused the smoke to concentrate on their upper bodies, with only a few specks on their trousers and shoes. This small amount was insufficient to determine whether they should fire, a fact both men were well aware of.
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